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Sol Kaplan
12+ albums
SoundtrackClassicalcomposerAmerican film score composersamerican film score composer
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Sol Kaplan (April 19, 1919 – November 14, 1990) was a prolific film and television music composer. Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Kaplan worked as a successful concert pianist, including performing at Carnegie Hall. That same year, in 1941, Kaplan composed his first film score. He went on to write music for dozens of films including the 1953 films Titanic and Niagara. His film career was disrupted during the 1950s when he was blacklisted after being uncooperative in testimony before the House Committee on Un-American Activities. For Star Trek, Kaplan scored two episodes, "The Enemy Within" and "The Doomsday Machine". Jeff Bond notes, "Although he wrote only two scores for the series, New York composer Sol Kaplan's music was tracked endlessly throughout the show's first two seasons." Kaplan was married to the actress Francis Heflin (sister of actor Van Heflin). Their son is the film director Jonathan Kaplan; they also had two daughters, Nora Heflin and Mady Kaplan Ahern. Sol Kaplan died of lung cancer in 1990. Partial filmography * The Tell-Tale Heart (1941) * Tales of Manhattan (1942) * Trapped (1949) * The Secret of Convict Lake (1951) * Destination Gobi (1953) * Salt of the Earth (1954) * Seven Wonders of the World (1955) (with Jerome Moross, Emil Newman, David Raksin) * The Spy Who Came in from the Cold (1965) * Over the Edge (1979) Appearance before HUAC Sol Kaplan had scored more than 30 Hollywood films between 1940 and 1953
top songs
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Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas (feat. Frank Sinatra)
36,0872Going Aboard
1143Kirk Does It Again
1114Violent Shakes
1095Goodbye Mr. Decker
1096The Rock Slide / Beam Up / The Evil Kirk (The Enemy Within)
807The Doomsday Machine: Violent Shakes
748The Spy Who Came In From The Cold
739The Doomsday Machine: Kirk Does It Again
7210Commander Matt Decker / The Crew That Was
66albums
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The Victors (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
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Secret Agent File
Star Trek: Volume 2 - Doomsday Machine and Amok Time
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Star Trek: The Original Series 4: Enemy Within / Conscience of the King / Shore Leave (Television Soundtrack)
Star Trek: The Original Series Soundtrack Collection
The Victors
Niagara (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Star Trek: Original Television Soundtrack Vol. 2
The Spy Who Came In From The Cold
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Destination Gobi (Original Soundtrack) [1953]
Star Trek, Volume 2: The Doomsday Machine / Amok Time
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Old Movie Themes! Vinyl Soundtrack Collection